Despite a few good beginnings, the Trudeau government has not backed its talk with action. In this report card, Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA) rates the federal government’s progress over the past two years in 16 policy areas. In each area, CCPA grades the government
on both its promises...

The Crime Severity Index was 1% higher in 2016 than in 2015, marking the second consecutive increase after 11 years of declines. The volume and severity of police-reported fraud, the 14% increase in the rate of this offence drove the change in CSI. Click on the image below to open in full size (adjust...

Niqab is not just a piece of cloth. It has complex connotations. Most Canadians see niqab without its socio-political meaning. By recounting their experiences in their countries of origin, these Canadian Muslims put niqab in its context. What do they say? It could be a symbol of extreme piety for some...

While the vast majority of Quebecers support their province’s new law banning people from providing or receiving government services with their faces covered, research from the Angus Reid Institute finds that four-in-ten outside of Quebec feel similarly. Yet, only 28% Canadians think such a practice...

Weeks after a CBC journalist’s controversial grilling of new NDP leader Jagmeet Singh on display of posters of Talwinder Singh Parmar—the man found to be the mastermind of Air India bombing by an inquiry commission but never tried in a court—Singh was again asked a few days ago if displaying the posters...

Though the religions of the world are massive, globe-spanning umbrellas for people of faith, the bulk of people’s interactions with religion – their own and others – occur at the community level. It is through this local lens that a new national study from the Angus Reid Institute, in partnership...